Bristol Jupiter

Bristol Jupiter
Jupiter
Preserved Bristol Jupiter
Type Piston aircraft engine
Manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Company
Designed by Roy Fedden
First run 29 October 1918
Major applications Bristol Bulldog
Gloster Gamecock
Number built >7,100
Developed into Bristol Mercury

The Bristol Jupiter was a British nine-cylinder single-row piston radial engine built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. Originally designed late in World War I and known as the Cosmos Jupiter, a lengthy series of upgrades and developments turned it into one of the finest engines of its era.

The Jupiter was widely used on many aircraft designs during the 1920s and 1930s. Thousands of Jupiters of all versions were produced, both by Bristol and abroad under license. A turbo-supercharged version of the Jupiter known as the Orion suffered development problems and only a small number were produced.

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Design and development

The Jupiter was designed during World War I by Roy Fedden of Cosmos Engineering. During the rapid downscaling of military spending after the war, Cosmos became bankrupt in 1920, and was eventually purchased by the Bristol Aeroplane Company on the strengths of the Jupiter design and the encouragement of the Air Ministry.[1] The engine matured into one of the most reliable on the market. It was the first air-cooled engine to pass the Air Ministry full-throttle test, the first to be equipped with automatic boost control, and the first to be fitted to airliners.[2]

The Jupiter was fairly standard in design, but featured four valves per cylinder, which was uncommon at the time. The cylinders were machined from steel forgings, and the cast cylinder heads were later replaced with aluminium alloy following studies by the RAE. In 1927, a change was made to move to a forged head design due to the rejection rate of the castings. The Jupiter VII introduced a mechanically driven supercharger to the design, and the Jupiter VIII was the first to be fitted with reduction gear.[3]

In 1925, Fedden started designing a replacement for the Jupiter. Using a shorter stroke to increase the rpm, and including a supercharger for added power, resulted in the Bristol Mercury of 1927. Applying the same techniques to the original Jupiter-sized engine in 1927 resulted in the Bristol Pegasus. Neither engine would fully replace the Jupiter for a few years.

Licensed production

The Jupiter saw widespread use in licensed versions, with fourteen countries eventually producing the engine. In France, Gnome-Rhone produced a version known as the Gnome-Rhône 9 Jupiter which was used in several local civilian designs, as well as achieving some export success. Siemens-Halske took out a license in Germany and produced several versions of increasing power, eventually resulting in the Bramo 323 Fafnir, which saw use in wartime models.[4]

In Japan, the Jupiter was license-built from 1924 by Nakajima, forming the basis of their own subsequent radial aero-engine design, the Nakajima Ha-1 Kotobuki.[5] It was produced in Poland as the PZL Bristol Jupiter, in Italy as the Alfa Romeo 126-RC35,[6] and in Czechoslovakia by Walter Engines. The most produced version was in the Soviet Union, where their Shvetsov M-22 version powered the famous Polikarpov I-16 which was built in the thousands.[7] Production started in 1918 and ceased in 1930.

Variants

The Jupiter was produced in many variants, one of which was the Bristol Orion of 1926. Metallurgy problems with this turbo-supercharged engine caused the project to be abandoned after only nine engines had been built.[8]

Brazil Straker Jupiter I
(1918) 400 hp. Two built.
Cosmos Jupiter II
(1918) 400 hp. One built.
Bristol Jupiter II
(1923) 400 hp.
Bristol Jupiter III
(1923) 400 hp.
Bristol Jupiter VII on display at the Shuttleworth Collection
Bristol Jupiter IV
(1926) 430 hp. Variable valve timing, Bristol Triplex carburettor.
Bristol Jupiter V
(1925) 480 hp.
Bristol Jupiter VI
(1927) 520 hp. Produced in both high (6.3:1) and low (5.3:1) compression ratios.
Bristol Jupiter VIA
(1927) 440 hp. Civil version of Jupiter VI.
Bristol Jupiter VIFH
(1932) 440 hp. Equipped with gas starter motor.
Bristol Jupiter VIFL
(1932) 440 hp. Compression ratio 5.15:1.
Bristol Jupiter VIFM
(1932) 440 hp. Compression ratio 5.3:1.
Bristol Jupiter VIFS
(1932) 400 hp. Compression ratio 6.3:1.
Bristol Jupiter VII
(1928) 375 hp. Compression ratio 5.3:1, fully supercharged. Built by Gnome-Rhone as the 9ASB.
Bristol Jupiter VIIF
(1929) 480 hp. Compression ratio 5.3:1. Forged cylinder heads.
Preserved Bristol Jupiter VIIIF
Bristol Jupiter VIIF.P
(1930) 480 hp. 'P' for pressure feed lubrication to wrist-pins.
Bristol Jupiter VIII
(1929) 440 hp. Jupiter VI but compression ratio increased to 6.3:1.
Bristol Jupiter VIIIF
(1929) 460 hp. Jupiter VIII with forged cylinder heads and lowered compression ratio (5.8:1).
Bristol Jupiter VIIIF.P
(1929) 460 hp. As Jupiter VIII with pressure feed lubrication (TBO at this stage in development was only 150 hours due to multiple failures).
Bristol Jupiter IX
480 hp. Compression ratio 5.3:1.
Bristol Jupiter IXF
550 hp. Compression ratio 5.3:1. Forged cylinder heads.
Bristol Jupiter X
470 hp. Compression ratio 5.3:1.
Bristol Jupiter XF
540 hp. Compression ratio 5.3:1. Forged cylinder heads.
Bristol Jupiter XFA
483 hp. Compression ratio 5.3:1.
Bristol Jupiter XFAM
580 hp.
Bristol Jupiter XFBM
580 hp.
Bristol Jupiter XFS
Fully supercharged.
Bristol Jupiter XI
Compression ratio 5.15:1.
Bristol Jupiter XIF
500 hp. Compression ratio 5.15:1.
Bristol Jupiter XIFA
480 hp. As Jupiter XIF with 0.656:1 reduction ratio
Bristol Jupiter XIF.P
525 hp. As Jupiter XIF with pressure feed lubrication.
Bristol Orion I
(1926) Jupiter III, turbo-supercharged, abandoned programme.

Applications

The Jupiter is probably best known for powering the Handley Page HP.42 Hannibal airliners, which flew the London-Paris route in the 1930s. Other civilian uses included the de Havilland Giant Moth and Hercules, the Junkers G 31 (which would evolve into the famous Ju-52), and the huge Dornier Do X flying boat which used no less than twelve engines.

Military uses were less common, but included the parent company's Bristol Bulldog, as well as the Gloster Gamecock and Boulton Paul Sidestrand. It was also found in prototypes around the world, from Japan to Sweden.

By 1929 the Bristol Jupiter had flown in 262 different aircraft types, it was noted in the French press at that year's Paris Air Show that the Jupiter and its license-built versions were powering 80% of the aircraft on display.[9]

Note:[10]

Cosmos Jupiter

Bristol Jupiter

Gnome-Rhône Jupiter

  • Bernard SIMB AB 12
  • Blanchard BB-1
  • Fizir F1M-Jupiter
  • Latécoère 6

Shvetsov M-22

Engines on display

A Bristol Jupiter VIIF is on static display at the Shuttleworth Collection, Old Warden, Bedfordshire.

Specifications (Jupiter XFA)

Data from Lumsden[11]

General characteristics

  • Type: Nine-cylinder, naturally aspirated, air-cooled radial engine
  • Bore: 5.75 in (146 mm)
  • Stroke: 7.5 in (190 mm)
  • Displacement: 1,753 in³ (28.7 L)
  • Diameter: 54.5 in (1,384 mm)
  • Dry weight: 995 lb (451 kg)

Components

  • Valvetrain: Overhead poppet valve, four valves per cylinder, two intake and two exhaust
  • Supercharger: Single speed, single stage
  • Fuel type: 73-77 Octane petrol
  • Cooling system: Air-cooled

Performance

  • Power output:
    • 550 hp (414 kW) at 2,200 rpm at 11,000 ft (3,350 m) - maximum power limited to five minutes operation.
    • 525 hp (391 kW) at 2,000 rpm - maximum continuous power at 11,000 ft (3,350 m)
    • 483 hp (360 kW) at 2,000 rpm - takeoff power
  • Specific power: 0.31 hp/in³ (14.4 kW/L)
  • Compression ratio: 5.3:1
  • Power-to-weight ratio: 0.55 hp/lb (0.92 kW/kg)

See also

Related development

Comparable engines
Related lists

References

Notes

  1. ^ Gunston 1989, p.44.
  2. ^ Gunston 1989, p.31.
  3. ^ Bridgman (Jane's) 1998, p.270.
  4. ^ Gunston 1989, p.29.
  5. ^ Gunston 1989, p.104.
  6. ^ "Alfa Aero Engines". aroca-qld.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20071008150746/http://www.aroca-qld.com/library_articles/alfa_romeo_aero_engines.php. Retrieved 2007-08-25. 
  7. ^ Gunston 1989, p.158.
  8. ^ Lumsden 2003, p.101.
  9. ^ Gunston 2006, p.126.
  10. ^ British aircraft list from Lumsden, the Jupiter may not be the main powerplant for these types
  11. ^ Lumsden 2003, p.96.

Bibliography

  • Bridgman, L. (ed.) Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Crescent Books, 1998. ISBN 0-517-67964-7
  • Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.
  • Gunston, Bill. Development of Piston Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 2006. ISBN 0-7509-4478-1
  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9

Further reading

  • Gunston, Bill. By Jupiter! The Life of Sir Roy Fedden. The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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